Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-03-10
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Senator Palmer requiring civil licenses to
be taken out for marriages and regulating
the manner of application for such license
and other restrictions to prevent the
matrimonial reunion of people not COM
petent by reason of age, the consent Of
parents. or other disqualifcations, agreed
to IL without amendment. The blanks to
he filed out by the applicant require a
statement OF the full name, age and color.
residence. place of birth, occupation,
fathers name and mothers maiden name
OF each OF the parties to he married: the
consent of parents or guardians, If either
party is a minor, the number of times
parties have been previously married, the
| brides maiden name, in case she Is Il
widow, the date, signature date and place
OF marriage, names of two witnesses and
certifcation of the clergyman or magis-
trate officiating.
The following rule, adopted and pre-
scribed by the state military board, has
been published by the ad iutant- generals
"Rule 80. The comm stoned officers of
each regiment and battalion not already
| provided Herewith shall adopt code of
bylaws for the management OF the civil
affairs OF such organization, and shall pro
vide therein for the time and manner OF
holding its elections for field officers, and
prescribe the term for which they shall be
elected, which shall not be &c than one
nor more than three ye RS. a first &c
ton shall he he'd under said by laws at
| the time OF their adoption or within thir
| ty days thereafter and n copy OF said by
laws shall Ice filed with the adjutnnt gen
| eral. A majority of such commissioned
officers shall constitute IA quorum" For
| the purpo of efecting comnliance with
| this rule colone $ and commanding officers
of the First, Second and Third regiments
| (the Fourth regiment having already COM
| piled therewith) Will, without delay, or
der the commissioned officers of their
| respective regiments to assemble in &C.
| cordance with resolution of the military
| board on Wednesday, the 30th instant,
those OF the First regiment at jackson,
| those of the Second regiment at Grand
Rapids and those OF the Third regiment
| at East Saginaw.
The bill prohibiting the sale OF intoxicat-
| ing liquors within one mile Of the soldiers
| home will probably go to a committee OF
| conference, "a the senate insists upon IL
| amendments to the bill.
| A petition from the upper peninsula ask
! for an act prohibiting the killing of deer
| for the market and also for the appoint
ment of game wardenS. 1t predicts that.
| under the present methods of destruction,
the deer will soon be eXterminated, and
pre- entS the following facts in coniirma-
| lion of this prediction: Ii is the practice
| for parties Of men to start out as soon as
| the open season has commenced, and con
| tinue hunting until it has closed. These
men hunt for the market. and ship their
| deer at some railroad station. In 1855, from
n point called floeter, upon the Detroit.
| Mackinac d Marquette railroad. 1884
| pounds OF veni>on was sent to market,
| Many lumber camps employ men to kill
deer throughout the winter. 1t is esti-
| mated that at the camps in the neighbor-
| hood o. tloeter during the season li,OOC
| pounds OF yenison were used III this way.
| This is but one of many stations upon sew
eral railroads in the upper peninsula from
| which deer Is shipped Tor the market. In
| addition to professional hunters there are
| thousands Of men who resort TO the upper
| peninsula TO hunt for pleasure. Ihi~
| slaughter has been going on for number
| OF years, so that the last season there was
a marked falling off in the number of deer
| taken-not more than one half as many
| being killed as during the year before.
The Bohemian oat bill which passed the
house early in the &c sion has also passed
| the senate. The bin is given immediate
| effect so as TO cut OF the spring trade in
! ogus and highpriced cereals. This ILL,
which Is of great Importance TO farmers,
now goes TO the farmer governor for sig
nature.
| Gov. Luce sent to the senate the other
| day the following nominations as member
of the board of managers of the Michigan
soldiers home for six years from March l.,
| 1857; Michael Brown of Big Rapid and
| James \. CroZier of Menonlinee to fill the
| vacancy occasioned by the resignat ion OF
| Bryan Il. Pierce, ex-Gov. Russell A. Alger
| to hold from April l, 1881, to March !, 1889.
The house sessions will hereafter com
mence at O'Clock instead of 10. This
| change is made in order to give the work
| ing committees more time TO consider bills.
and the indolent members more time to
| sleep in the morning.
The judiciary committee of the senate
| will have public hearing on the game
warden bill on Friday the 18th inst. Per-
sons intere ted in this bill which has an
| important bearing upon the game laws Of
| the state are invited TO attend and express
| their views
The senate has adopted resolution call
| ing upon the state military board for u
! statement in detail of the estimeted eX-
| penses of the board and of the military
department of the state, including print.
Ing. for the year ISIS, and separate
statement in detail of the estimated ex-
penses of the annual encampment for leSi
and 1888
The joint resolution asking congress to
give TO the state of Michigan, in trust for
the university of Michigan the govern
ment lands within the state. together with
such other lands as revert to the general
government by the forfeiture of land
grants, failed OF its passage in the senate.
The committee on legislation OF the
Michigan and West Michigan press asso.
Citations and other gentlemen interested in
press laws held a session on the I'd inst.
They favor bill providing that notices of
foreclosure of chattel mortgages, sheriff
sales, registration notices, ETC., shall be
published instead of being posted as l.
often done. They also propose to amend
the statutes so that supervisors shall be re-
CURED to publish their financial state
ments ct the close of every session instead
of annually as at present. The advisable
ity. OF amending the libel laws also came
in for discussion. Messrs. Thorp Il God
frey of the State Republican gave the press
gentlemen a banquet at the Hudson house
in the evening.
Representative Breen of Menominee has
notified the democratic state central com
mittee that he cannot accept the nomina-
tion for regent. rendered him. His reasons
are incompatibility with his present du
ties as representative.
The house has passed the bill providing
for the payment of bountes for killing
English sparrows. The terms OF the bill
allow "A bounty of one cent head for each
sparrow killed. The heads of the birds are
to be presented in lots Of not less than
twenty to the city, village or town
ship clerk who is to issue to the enterpris
ing hunter a certificate for the amount OF
money due him. The certificates are TO
be paid by the county treasurer.
One OF the longest and liveliest debates
of the session in the house occurred on
representative Grenelrs bill to prohibit
corporations from employing aliens who
have not declared their intentions. Mr..
Watson of Montcalm, Mr.. Diekema, w. A.
Baker and Others opposed the whole policy
OF the bill. while Mr. Bates Mr.. Grenell